Pricing, The Secret
Posted on19 Sep 2013
Tagsanchoring, Dan Ariely, Drazen Prelec, economics, food, George Loewenstein, Influence, James Surowiecki, lobster, neoclassical economics, price, rationale, restaurant, subjective, supply and demand, taste, The Economist, The New Yorker, Tom Sawyer fence painting, values, violins
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The secret to pricing is its arbitrariness, subjectivity. What disrupts this is anchoring, a preconceived benchmark of what should be the price.... Read More
Increasing Value, Power of Stories
Posted on12 Sep 2013
Tagsalcohol, anthropology, Antiques Roadshow, Bloomberg Businessweek, branding, David Sax, food, Graeme Wood, Paul Pax, perception, power, quantify, restaurant, storytelling, The Atlantic, values
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When you go to your next party in which people bring food, alcohol or other contributions, listen for their stories around how... Read More
Change Taste without Changing Anything about the Food
Posted on18 Jul 2011
Tagsambiance, brain, cooking, feelings, food, Influence, John Seabrook, message, packaging, people, PepsiCo, presentation, price, problem solving, restaurant, Snacks For A Fat Planet, taste, The New Yorker, utensils
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This post is similar to my previous post about changing the message by how people feel about the messenger. In the case... Read More
How Intuition Influences Thought Processes All The Time
Posted on26 Jul 2010
Tagscognition, compass intution analogy, emotions, feelings, Influence, intuition, restaurant, subconscious, thinking process, Thoughts
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Intuition influences thought processes all the time. Many times people just don’t know it. As behavioral economics and other social-related sciences are... Read More
